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This Church changes lives!
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News for the week of 3/28/2021
Holy Week at Christ Lutheran Church
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Holy Week draws us deeply into the story of Jesus' deep love and sacrifice, and into celebrating the truth that God's mercy and life have the last word! With the improvement in Coronavirus infection rates, worship in Holy Week
will be hybrid, with some in-person opportunities supplementing live-streamed worship. Please note: registration is required for in-person gatherings, and bulletin links will be included/posted closer to the date of the service.
Maundy Thursday - April 1
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Maundy Thursday worship will be live-streamed at 7pm: https://youtu.be/RfrQnW9B1zg
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Note that you are invited to have a small bowl of water available during the service - and that we are gathering the community’s prayers of lament, grief, and worry for inclusion in this special service. Please
email pastorerica@clcvalpo.org with your prayers.
Good Friday - April 2
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Good Friday worship will be live-streamed at 7pm: https://youtu.be/VSt1Az9YcjA
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Note that you are invited to have a cross with you for this service, something that you can hold (look on your walls or your jewelry box, perhaps?).
Easter Vigil - April 3
Easter Sunday - April 4
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Live-streamed Easter worship at 9am: https://youtu.be/H98zz27eyt8
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In-person Easter worship will be at both 8am and 10:30am
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Young people are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt at 11:30am
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Family activities for Holy Week and Easter
Help make our online Easter Vigil really special by recording one of our stories! We had such fun last year that we’re adding in some
more opportunities - sign up at following link - I am glad to help you come up with ideas! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C49A4A92FA5FE3-easter
Help make our Easter Online Worship special by helping record our dismissal! We were so sad when we had to say goodbye to our sweet Christmas one. Record your child saying “Go in peace, share the Good News! Alleluia!” and upload it at www.clcvalpo.org/uploader by April 1.
And be sure to come join in an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter morning at 11:15 after in-person worship!
Sunday School
Sunday School remains online through the Spring - while vaccinations are becoming more available, we don’t anticipate being able to recruit all the volunteers we’d need to lead Sunday School safely. Watch your email for links - some weeks we’re on Zoom, and others are recorded/live-streamed.
Vacation Bible School
We’re hopeful that by June we’ll be able to gather more freely - but likely we still won’t be back to normal. This year we are planning an all-ages family VBS in the CLC “backyard,” some evenings during the week of June 13. We’ll have a good time together and think about the ways God calls us to take care of one another and our world!
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We will begin to have flowers in the church starting on Easter Sunday. We have purchased 8 tulips and 16 lilies that will be available to purchase for $16.oo each. You may give a check in the offering tray, pay on-line or drop in black box outside office. Please do not take your flowers until after the 10:30 service on Easter Sunday. Call the office if you have any questions. Thank you!!
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CLC Social Ministry and
Mission
April 2021
Housing
Opportunities
Each month the Social Ministry highlights a special giving opportunity. April’s emphasis is
providing monetary and voluntary support for Housing Opportunities www.hoi.help (2001 Calumet Ave., Valpo).
· With the extraordinary support from donors and the dedicated work of staff, Housing Opportunities serves many clients each year. Because of supporters, H.O. in 2020 during the Pandemic housed 591 adults and 296 children and help save hundreds of homes from foreclosure. 187 housing units were operated by H.O. H.O. has helped 166 people in the community
that are experiencing street homelessness, including this past winter (and through April) a Warming Shelter for single women and single men - that CLC has helped staff on Saturday evenings. Thousands of hours of case management are provided to clients each year. Also, H.O. has a resource center for vulnerable folks to shower, wash clothes, use pantry etc.
· Right now, dozens of people in our community have no place to live—including adults who go to work every day and kids who go to school. Some of H.O. clients are professionals with college degrees who have hit hard times. Some clients are not able to work due to crisis or disability. 1 in 3 is a child. Housing challenges can affect people of any gender, age, or
socioeconomic status. H.O. believes a safe, secure home is the foundation of growth and independence—the first step on the road to self-sufficiency.
· Food Pantry and other Donations. See https://hoi.help/pantry plus see “Additional Opportunities (H.O.)” below.
· Help achieve our goal of $2500 in April (over and above giving combined with CLC’s budgeted amount of $1200). Use your weekly worship giving envelope mailed with check to CLC and indicate “H.O.” or contribute through PushPay on the CLC website https://clcvalpo.org via the “Give” button and choose Monthly Social Ministry Emphasis. Thank you to members for supporting
monthly social ministry emphases.
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Join us! CLC Costa Rica Mission team partnership with Living Green Garden
The Costa Rica Mission Team is continuing its work and learning in 2021 with The Praxis Center and its host community, Casa Adobe, in Costa Rica. They have encouraged us to support local and organic agriculture in Costa Rica, as well as in our own area – so we are going to support Living Green Garden, a community garden project in Gary, while also staying connected to Casa Adobe in Costa
Rica. We will be meeting once a month (sometimes over Zoom, sometimes in a Covid-safe way outdoors), from March-October, 2021. Please register by March 27 here to participate in the whole program. You may also
email katpeters2@gmail.com with questions or if you would like to make a one-time contribution of time, talent, or treasure.
All Thrivent Financial Members!
Do you have any Thrivent Choice Dollars that have not been directed to the charity of our choice? If you do not direct them by the end of the calendar year, they go back to Thrivent!
There are two ways of directing Choice Dollars to Christ Lutheran Church:
Computer: Go to the Thrivent Financial web site ( www.Thrivent.com) and direct the Choice Dollars on-line.
Phone: Call Thrivent Financial at 1-800-847-4836. When prompted by the electronic answering system, say “Thrivent Choice.” Follow the remaining prompts, and a representative will come on the line to assist you. You will need your Thrivent membership ID number and will need to answer some other personal questions to verify that you are the Thrivent member who is on the line.
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Christ Lutheran has an email list of people who would like to be contacted when a meal schedule has been made for folks after the death of a loved one, after surgery or during illness, or after the birth of a baby. Just since COVID hit, we have provided 9 meal schedules for people. If you would like to be added to this list, please send a note to amyknauff@gmail.com. You will only be notified when there is a current schedule. There is no obligation. Also, if you or someone you know is in need of meals, please contact Amy Knauff or one of the pastors.
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COVID Vaccination Update
Hoosiers 30 and older can get a head-start on making an appointment to receive the COVID-19 vaccine a couple of days before the shot is available to all Indiana residents 16 and older.
The Indiana Department of Health announced it lowered the minimum vaccine eligibility age to 30 from 40 Monday to give the 840,000 Hoosiers between those ages more time to select an appointment that works with their schedules.
Appointments to receive the free vaccine must be made online at ourshot.in.gov, or by calling 211.
If you need any help registering or calling to sign-up for your vaccination, please call the the church office.
Sandy & Dave Keammerer are always collecting the following items for Lutheran World Relief (LWR). Please drop off at the church.
BABY CARE KITS
All clothing items newborn to age 2
(2) gowns or sleepers: long- or short-sleeved (no feet)
(2) t-shirts: lightweight cotton
(1) jacket/sweater/sweatshirt: with hood, or include a baby cap
(2) pairs of socks
(2) receiving blankets: medium-weight cotton or flannel, or crocheted, or knitted with lightweight yarn, up to 52" square
(4) cloth diapers: flat fold preferred
(1) hand towel: dark color recommended
(2) gentle soap bars: 4-5 oz., bath-size, in original wrapping
(2) diaper pins: or large safety pins
3-ply baby yarn and flannel fabric in increments of .75 yards.
FABRIC KITS
(2) spools of thread (250-300 yards)
(2) pieces of cotton/cotton blend fabric (3 yards)
PERSONAL CARE KITS
New and in original packaging
(1) bath towel: lightweight, dark color preferred (between 20' x 40" and 27" x 52")
(1) toothbrush: adult size/NO TOOTHPASTE PLEASE
(1) nail clipper
(2) bars of soap
(1) STURDY comb
PRAYERS
MEMBERS: Coltan (grandson of Tony/Sue Reinhold), Pastor Jane Aicher, Gary Brugh, Jackie Bengston, Jean Albers, Connor Byrne, Deb Will, Joyce Spoljaric, Sue McPherson, Andy Hornyak.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY: Calla (family of Linda Hazelton), Russell Prough (Father of Jennifer Prough), Juanita (Mother of Linda Griffith), Harry & Georgia (Uncle & Aunt of Karen Harper), Stuart (Gail Mannington), Joe (Neighbor of Gail Mannington), Evelyn (Aunt of Brian & Mark Bartusch), Roxann Shutske (friend of Linda Hazelton).
Military: Justine, Joe and all of those serving in the military, especially in the time of a pandemic.
For all those affected and infected by COVID
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